Red Auerbach

Arnold Jacob Auerbach (Red)

Born: September 20, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York
Died: October 28, 2006
High School: Eastern District in Brooklyn, New York
College: George Washington University
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Coach in 1969 (Full List)
As Coach: 20 Yrs, 938-479, .662 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• Boston Celtics: April 27, 1950 to July 10, 1984

Awards

• 1979-80 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Boston Celtics Franchise

• June 21, 1950: Sold George Kaftan to the New York Knicks.
• June 22, 1950: Purchased Kenny Sailors from the Denver Nuggets.
• June 27, 1950: Purchased Andy Duncan from the Rochester Royals.
• September 23, 1950: Purchased Bob Brannum from the Sheboygan Red Skins.
• November 5, 1950: Purchased Harry Boykoff from the Baltimore Bullets.
• December 1, 1950: Traded Kenny Sailors and Brady Walker to the Baltimore Bullets for Dick Mehen.
• December 19, 1950: Traded Dick Mehen to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Bob Harris.
• February 3, 1951: Traded Harry Boykoff to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks for Kleggie Hermsen.
• February 12, 1951: Sold John Mahnken to the Indianapolis Olympians.
• April 25, 1951: Selected Ernie Barrett (1st round, 7th pick), Bill Garrett (2nd round, 17th pick), John Furlong (3rd round, 27th pick), Bob Barnett (4th round, 37th pick), Rip Gish (5th round, 47th pick), Jim Luisi (6th round, 57th pick), John Azary (7th round, 67th pick) and Hugo Kappler (8th round, 76th pick) in the 1951 NBA Draft.
• April 26, 1951: Traded Chuck Share to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Bill Sharman. Some sources have Bob Brannum to Boston in this deal but he was already sold to them on September 23, 1950.
• October 17, 1951: Sold Frank Kudelka to the Baltimore Bullets. Report says Boston also gave up a 1st round draft choice for Bob Brannum but he was already sold to them on September 23, 1950.
• April 26, 1952: Selected Bill Stauffer (1st round, 7th pick), Jim Iverson ( round, 17th pick), J. C. Maze ( round, 27th pick), Herm Hedderick ( round, 37th pick), Don Johnson ( round, 47th pick), Jim Buchanan ( round, 57th pick), Fred Eydt ( round, 67th pick), Gordon Mungier ( round, 77th pick), Jim Dilling ( round, 84th pick) and Gene Conley ( round, 90th pick) in the 1952 NBA Draft.
• July 30, 1952: Signed Kenny Rollins as a free agent.
• November 17, 1952: Sold Kleggie Hermsen to the Indianapolis Olympians.
• April 24, 1953: Selected Frank Ramsey (1st round, 6th pick), Chet Noe (2nd round, 15th pick), Cliff Hagan (3rd round, 24th pick), Earle Markey (4th round, 33rd pick), John Holup (5th round, 42nd pick), Vernon Stokes (6th round, 51st pick), Lou Tsioropoulos (7th round, 60th pick), Ted Lallier (8th round, 69th pick), Lewis Gilcrease (9th round, 78th pick), Tom Lillis (10th round, 86th pick), Gil Reich (11th round, 93rd pick) and Jim Dogerty (12th round, 100th pick) in the 1953 NBA Draft.
• August 27, 1953: Traded Herm Hedderick, Mo Mahoney, cash, Jim Doherty and Vernon Stokes to the Baltimore Bullets for Don Barksdale.
• October 7, 1953: Signed Ed Mikan as a free agent.
• November 29, 1953: Traded Fred Eydt, J.C. Maze, John Azary, Paul Unruh and Tom Lillis to the Milwaukee Hawks for Jack Nichols.
• April 24, 1954: Selected Togo Palazzi (1st round, 5th pick), Red Morrison (2nd round, 14th pick), Henry Daubenschmidt (3rd round, 23rd pick), Ron Perry (4th round, 32nd pick), Troy Burris (5th round, 41st pick), Otto Krieghauser (6th round, 50th pick), Paul Estergaard (7th round, 59th pick), Jim Young (8th round, 68th pick), Tony Daukas (10th round, 85th pick) and Bill Johnson (11th round, 94th pick) in the 1954 NBA Draft.
• May 28, 1954: Sold Chuck Cooper to the Milwaukee Hawks.
• October 16, 1954: Traded Bob Harris to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Fred Scolari.
• April 13, 1955: Selected Jim Loscutoff (1st round, 4th pick), Dick Hemric (2nd round, 12th pick), Buzz Wilkinson (3rd round, 20th pick), Bart Leach (4th round, 28th pick), Bob Patterson (5th round, 36th pick), Jim Ahearn (10th round, 44th pick), Mark Davis (12th round, 52nd pick), Henry Dooley (13th round, 60th pick), Carl Hartman (11th round, 68th pick), John Mahoney (6th round, 76th pick), John Moore (7th round, 83rd pick), Dean Parsons (8th round, 90th pick), Nick Romanoff (9th round, 94th pick) and Bob Scuddelari (14th round, 95th pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.
• October 26, 1955: Purchased Arnie Risen from the Rochester Royals.
• April 30, 1956: Selected Tom Heinsohn (1st round, 6th pick), K.C. Jones (2nd round, 14th pick), George Linn (3rd round, 22nd pick), Dan Swartz (4th round, 30th pick), Bill Logan (5th round, 38th pick), Don Boldebuck (6th round, 46th pick), O'Neal Weaver (7th round, 54th pick), Vic Molodet (8th round, 62nd pick), Jim Houston (9th round, 69th pick) and Theophileus Lloyd (10th round, 76th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.
• April 30, 1956: Traded Cliff Hagan and Ed Macauley to the St. Louis Hawks for Bill Russell.
• November 29, 1956: Sold Togo Palazzi to the Syracuse Nationals.
• April 17, 1957: Selected Sam Jones (1st round, 8th pick), Dick O'Neal (2nd round, 16th pick), Chuck Schramm (3rd round, 24th pick), Jim Ashmore (4th round, 32nd pick), Grady Wallace (5th round, 40th pick), Maury King (6th round, 48th pick), Dick Brott (7th round, 55th pick), Bill Von Weyhe (8th round, 62nd pick), Joe Gibbon (9th round, 69th pick), Jack Butcher (10th round, 75th pick), Dick Neal (11th round, 78th pick), Dan Tobin (14th round, 85th pick) and Bennie Swain (1st round, 8th pick) in the 1957 NBA Draft.
• April 22, 1958: Selected Jimmy Smith (2nd round, 16th pick), Jim Cunningham (3rd round, 24th pick), Don Flora (4th round, 32nd pick), Gene Brown (5th round, 40th pick), Dave Keleher (6th round, 48th pick), Rudy Fenderson (7th round, 56th pick) and John Richter (1st round, 8th pick) in the 1958 NBA Draft.
• March 31, 1959: Selected Gene Guarilia (2nd round, 16th pick), Ralph Croswaite (3rd round, 24th pick), Ed Kazakavich (4th round, 32nd pick), Don Lange (5th round, 40th pick), Bob Cumings (6th round, 48th pick) and Tom Sanders (1st round, 8th pick) in the 1959 NBA Draft.
• April 11, 1960: Selected Leroy Wright (2nd round, 16th pick), Mike Graney (3rd round, 24th pick), Sid Cohen (4th round, 32nd pick), Wayne Lawrence (5th round, 40th pick), George Newman (6th round, 48th pick) and Gary Phillips (1st round, 9th pick) in the 1960 NBA Draft.
• March 27, 1961: Selected Al Butler (2nd round, 17th pick), Bill Depp (3rd round, 31st pick), Carl Cole (4th round, 40th pick), Bob DiStefano (5th round, 49th pick), Ned Twyman (6th round, 58th pick) and Mel Klein (7th round, 67th pick) in the 1961 NBA Draft.
• May 14, 1961: Signed Carl Braun as a free agent.
• December 11, 1961: Sold Al Butler to the New York Knicks.
• March 26, 1962: Selected John Havlicek (1st round, 9th pick), Jack Foley (2nd round, 18th pick), Jim Hadnot (3rd round, 27th pick), Roger Strickland (4th round, 36th pick), Gary Daniels (5th round, 45th pick), Jim Hooley (6th round, 54th pick), Clyde Arnold (7th round, 62nd pick), Chuck Chevalier (8th round, 71st pick) and Mike Cingiser (9th round, 80th pick) in the 1962 NBA Draft.
• June, 1962: Purchased Clyde Lovellette from the St. Louis Hawks.
• October 18, 1962: Sold Gary Phillips to the San Francisco Warriors.
• January 22, 1963: Sold Jack Foley to the New York Knicks.
• April 30, 1963: Selected Bill Green (1st round, 9th pick), Chuck Kriston (3rd round, 27th pick), Connie McGuire (4th round, 36th pick), W. D. Stroud (5th round, 45th pick), Vinnie Ernst (6th round, 54th pick) and Herb Magee (7th round, 63rd pick) in the 1963 NBA Draft.
• September 4, 1963: Purchased Willie Naulls from the San Francisco Warriors.
• October 14, 1963: Signed Larry Siegfried as a free agent.
• May 4, 1964: Selected Mel Counts (1st round, 9th pick), Ron Bonham (2nd round, 18th pick), John Thompson (3rd round, 27th pick), Joe Strawder (4th round, 36th pick), Nick Werkman (5th round, 45th pick), Levern Tart (6th round, 54th pick), Rich Falk (7th round, 63rd pick), Jeff Blue (8th round, 72nd pick), Charles Kelley (9th round, 79th pick) and Duane Corribeau (10th round, 86th pick) in the 1964 NBA Draft.
• November 2, 1964: Signed Gerry Ward as a free agent.
• May 6, 1965: Selected Ollie Johnson (1st round, 11th pick), Ron Watts (2nd round, 20th pick), Toby Kimball (3rd round, 29th pick), Richie Tarrant (4th round, 38th pick), Don Davidson (5th round, 47th pick), Haskell Tison (6th round, 56th pick) and George Deehan (7th round, 64th pick) in the 1965 NBA Draft.
• September 15, 1965: Sold Joe Strawder to the Detroit Pistons.
• October 10, 1965: Traded a 1966 5th round draft pick (John Jones) to the Baltimore Bullets for Si Green.
• October 28, 1965: Signed Don Nelson as a free agent.
• December 13, 1965: Signed Woody Sauldsberry as a free agent.
• May 11, 1966: Selected Jim Barnett (1st round, 8th pick), Leon Clark (2nd round, 18th pick), Gary Turner (3rd round, 28th pick), Johnny Austin (4th round, 38th pick), Charlie Hunter (6th round, 58th pick), Jerry Ward (7th round, 67th pick) and Russ Gumina (8th round, 76th pick) in the 1966 NBA Draft.
• August 3, 1966: Signed Art Heyman as a free agent.
• September 1, 1966: Traded Mel Counts to the Baltimore Bullets for Bailey Howell.
• September 15, 1966: Traded a 1967 3rd round draft pick (Sam Smith) to the Cincinnati Royals for Wayne Embry.
• October 11, 1966: Sold Johnny Austin to the Baltimore Bullets.
• May 3, 1967: Selected Mal Graham (1st round, 11th pick), Neville Shedd (4th round, 40th pick), Mike Redd (5th round, 52nd pick), Ed Hummer (6th round, 64th pick), Edgar Lacy (7th round, 76th pick), Andy Anderson (8th round, 88th pick), Henry Brown (9th round, 99th pick), Rick Weitzman (10th round, 110th pick) and Joe Harrington (11th round, 120th pick) in the 1967 NBA Draft.
• August 4, 1967: Signed Tom Thacker as a free agent. Thacker was selected by Chicago in the expansion draft but did not sign.
• June 4, 1968: Selected Don Chaney (1st round, 12th pick), Garfield Smith (3rd round, 32nd pick), Rich Johnson (4th round, 46th pick), Thad Jaracz (5th round, 60th pick), Jerry Newson (6th round, 74th pick), Mike Lewis (7th round, 88th pick), Julius Keye (8th round, 102nd pick), Bill Butler (9th round, 116th pick), Ivan Leschinsky (10th round, 130th pick), Tom Neimeir (11th round, 143rd pick), Bill Langheld (12th round, 156th pick), Art Stephenson (13th round, 168th pick) and Keith Hockstein (14th round, 179th pick) in the 1968 NBA Draft.
• August 27, 1968: Traded a 1969 2nd round draft pick (Gene Williams) to the Phoenix Suns for Em Bryant.
• December 1, 1968: Purchased Jim Barnes from the Chicago Bulls.
• April 7, 1969: Selected Jo Jo White (1st round, 9th pick), Julius Keye (3rd round, 38th pick), Steve Kuberski (4th round, 52nd pick), George Thompson (5th round, 66th pick), Dolph Pulliam (6th round, 80th pick), Jim Johnson (7th round, 94th pick), Bob Whitmore (8th round, 108th pick), Gordon Smith (9th round, 122nd pick), Jim Picka (10th round, 136th pick), Larry Frinston (11th round, 150th pick), Rod Forbes (12th round, 163rd pick) and Billy Evans (13th round, 175th pick) in the 1969 NBA Draft.
• August 22, 1969: Traded cash to the San Diego Rockets for Hank Finkel.
• November 18, 1969: Traded Bob Cousy to the Cincinnati Royals for Bill Dinwiddie.
• March 23, 1970: Selected Dave Cowens (1st round, 4th pick), Rex Morgan (2nd round, 21st pick), Willie Williams (3rd round, 38th pick), Jon McKinney (4th round, 55th pick), Tom Carter (5th round, 72nd pick), Rod McIntyre (6th round, 89th pick), Charlie Scott (7th round, 106th pick), Bob Croft (8th round, 123rd pick), Tom Little (9th round, 140th pick) and Mike Maloy (10th round, 157th pick) in the 1970 NBA Draft.
• September 10, 1970: Traded a 1971 5th round draft pick (Greg Nelson) to the San Diego Rockets for Art Williams.
• October 2, 1970: Sold Jim Barnes to the Baltimore Bullets.
• March 29, 1971: Selected Clarence Glover (1st round, 10th pick), Jim Rose (2nd round, 28th pick), Dave Robisch (3rd round, 44th pick), Randy Denton (4th round, 61st pick), Thorpe Weber (6th round, 95th pick), Skip Young (7th round, 112th pick), John Ribock (8th round, 129th pick), Ray Green (9th round, 145th pick), Dale Dover (10th round, 161st pick), Reggie Brooks (11th round, 176th pick), John Dalton (12th round, 189th pick) and Leroy Chalk (13th round, 201st pick) in the 1971 NBA Draft.
• October 11, 1971: Traded Bill Dinwiddie to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1972 6th round draft pick (Wally Wright).
• March 14, 1972: Traded Charlie Scott to the Phoenix Suns for Paul Silas and cash. Silas agreed to terms with Boston in September 1972 to complete the trade.
• April 10, 1972: Selected Paul Westphal (1st round, 10th pick), Dennis Wuycik (2nd round, 27th pick), Wayne Grabiec (3rd round, 44th pick), Nate Stephens (4th round, 61st pick), Bryan Adrian (5th round, 77th pick), Doug Holcomb (6th round, 94th pick), Wally Wright (6th round, 96th pick), Steve Previs (7th round, 111th pick), Sam McCarney (8th round, 127th pick), Marty Hunt (10th round, 154th pick), Mark Minor (11th round, 165th pick), Phil Stephens (12th round, 173rd pick) and Steve Downing (1st round, 17th pick) in the 1972 NBA Draft.
• April 24, 1973: Selected Phil Hankinson (2nd round, 35th pick), Martinez Denmon (3rd round, 52nd pick), Richie Fuqua (4th round, 69th pick), Byron Jones (5th round, 86th pick), Joe Cafferky (6th round, 103rd pick), Mike Stewart (7th round, 120th pick), Robert White (8th round, 137th pick), Corky Taylor (9th round, 151st pick), Steve Turner (10th round, 165th pick), Ed Hastings (11th round, 174th pick), Bruce Winkler (12th round, 182nd pick), Scott Koelzer (13th round, 188th pick), Rick Williams (14th round, 193rd pick), James Gilchrist (15th round, 198th pick), Sam Barber (16th round, 202nd pick), Lamont King (17th round, 206th pick), Peter Gavitt (18th round, 208th pick), Tom Austin (19th round, 210th pick) and Glenn McDonald (1st round, 17th pick) in the 1973 NBA Draft.
• May 28, 1974: Selected Kevin Stacom (2nd round, 35th pick), Roscoe Pondexter (3rd round, 53rd pick), Lerman Battle (4th round, 71st pick), Ben Clyde (5th round, 89th pick), Gene Harmon (6th round, 107th pick), Ron Brown (7th round, 125th pick), Richard Wallace (8th round, 143rd pick), Al Skinner (9th round, 160th pick) and Phil Rogers (10th round, 177th pick) in the 1974 NBA Draft.
• May 30, 1974: Traded George Thompson to the Milwaukee Bucks for cash and future considerations.
• October 3, 1974: Signed Jim Ard as a free agent.
• October 10, 1974: Signed M.L. Carr as a free agent.
• 1975: Signed Ed Searcy as a free agent.
• May 15, 1975: Signed Terry Driscoll as a free agent.
• May 23, 1975: Traded Paul Westphal, a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Jimmy Dan Conner) and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Butch Feher) to the Phoenix Suns for Charlie Scott.
• May 29, 1975: Selected Tom Boswell (1st round, 17th pick), Jerome Anderson (3rd round, 53rd pick), Cyrus Mann (4th round, 72nd pick), Darryl Brown (5th round, 89th pick), Rick Coleman (6th round, 108th pick), Al Boswell (7th round, 125th pick), Roger Morningstar (8th round, 144th pick), Robert Rhodes (9th round, 159th pick) and Bill Endicott (10th round, 174th pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.
• December 11, 1975: Signed Steve Kuberski as a free agent.
• May 27, 1976: Signed Fred Saunders as a free agent.
• June 8, 1976: Selected Norm Cook (1st round, 16th pick), Jerry Fort (3rd round, 51st pick), Lewis Linder (4th round, 67th pick), Louis McKinney (5th round, 85th pick), Art Collins (6th round, 103rd pick), Ralph Drollinger (7th round, 121st pick), John Clark (8th round, 139th pick), Bill Collins (9th round, 156th pick) and Otho Tucker (10th round, 172nd pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
• October 12, 1976: Purchased Sidney Wicks from the Portland Trail Blazers.
• October 20, 1976: As part of a 3-team trade, the Boston Celtics traded Paul Silas to the Denver Nuggets; the Denver Nuggets traded Ralph Simpson to the Detroit Pistons; and the Detroit Pistons traded Curtis Rowe to the Boston Celtics.
• January 28, 1977: Signed Bobby Wilson as a free agent.
• June 9, 1977: Traded a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Larry Moffett) and a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Buster Matheney) to the Houston Rockets for John Johnson.
• June 10, 1977: Selected Cedric Maxwell (1st round, 12th pick), Skip Brown (3rd round, 56th pick), Jeff Cummings (4th round, 78th pick), Bill Langloh (5th round, 100th pick), Roy Pace (6th round, 122nd pick), Dave Kyle (7th round, 142nd pick) and Tom Harris (8th round, 161st pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.
• September 28, 1977: Signed Dave Bing as a free agent.
• October 18, 1977: Sold John Johnson to the Houston Rockets. Johnson returned to Houston but Houston kept the draft picks.
• December 27, 1977: Traded Charlie Scott to the Los Angeles Lakers for Don Chaney, Kermit Washington and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Freeman Williams).
• February 1, 1978: Signed Ernie DiGregorio as a free agent.
• February 1, 1978: Traded Fred Saunders to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Judkins).
• February 14, 1978: Signed Zaid Abdul-Aziz as a free agent.
• February 24, 1978: Signed Bob Bigelow as a free agent.
• June 9, 1978: Selected Larry Bird (1st round, 6th pick), Freeman Williams (1st round, 8th pick), Jeff Judkins (2nd round, 30th pick), Dana Skinner (3rd round, 50th pick), Dave Nelson (4th round, 72nd pick), Greg Tynes (5th round, 94th pick), Dave Winey (6th round, 116th pick), Steve Balkun (7th round, 137th pick), Kim Fisher (8th round, 156th pick), Les Anderson (9th round, 173rd pick) and Walter Harrigan (10th round, 188th pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
• June 28, 1978: Signed Kevin Kunnert as a veteran free agent and sent a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Turner) to the Houston Rockets as compensation.
• July 19, 1978: Traded a 1980 1st round draft pick (Carl Nicks) to the Indiana Pacers for Earl Tatum.
• July 24, 1978: Kevin Stacom signed as a veteran free agent with the Indiana Pacers; received a 1979 3rd round draft pick (Wayne Kreklow) as compensation.
• August 4, 1978: Traded Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington, Sidney Wicks and Freeman Williams to the San Diego Clippers for Tiny Archibald, Marvin Barnes, Billy Knight, a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Danny Ainge) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster).
• August 8, 1978: Signed Joe Pace as a free agent.
• September 1, 1978: Signed Earl Williams as a free agent.
• September 8, 1978: Tom Boswell signed as a veteran free agent with the Denver Nuggets; received a 1979 3rd round draft pick (Ernesto Malcolm) as compensation.
• October 11, 1978: Traded a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Johnny High) to the Phoenix Suns for Dennis Awtrey.
• October 19, 1978: Traded Earl Tatum to the Detroit Pistons for Chris Ford and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Tracy Jackson).
• January 16, 1979: Traded Billy Knight to the Indiana Pacers for Rick Robey.
• January 17, 1979: Traded Dennis Awtrey to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sly Williams).
• January 19, 1979: Signed Tom Barker as a free agent.
• January 19, 1979: Signed Frankie Sanders as a free agent.
• January 30, 1979: Traded Jo Jo White to the Golden State Warriors for a 1979 1st round draft pick (Larry Demic).
• February 9, 1979: Purchased Kevin Stacom from the Indiana Pacers.
• February 12, 1979: Traded Tom Barker, a 1979 1st round draft pick (Bill Cartwright), a 1979 1st round draft pick (Larry Demic) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sly Williams) to the New York Knicks for Bob McAdoo.
• June 25, 1979: Selected Wayne Kreklow (3rd round, 53rd pick), Ernesto Malcolm (3rd round, 61st pick), Nick Galis (4th round, 68th pick), Jimmy Allen (5th round, 90th pick), Marvin Delph (6th round, 110th pick), Steve Castellan (7th round, 130th pick), Glenn Sudhop (8th round, 149th pick), Kevin Sinnett (9th round, 168th pick) and Alton Byrd (10th round, 186th pick) in the 1979 NBA Draft.
• June 25, 1979: Signed Gerald Henderson as a free agent.
• June 27, 1979: Signed Eric Fernsten as a free agent.
• July 11, 1979: Frankie Sanders signed as a veteran free agent with the Indiana Pacers; received a 1980 3rd round draft pick (Ron Perry) as compensation.
• July 24, 1979: Signed M.L. Carr as a veteran free agent.
• September 6, 1979: Traded Bob McAdoo to the Detroit Pistons for a 1980 1st round draft pick (Rickey Brown) and a 1980 1st round draft pick (Joe Barry Carroll). This exchange was arranged as compensation for Boston signing veteran free agent M.L. Carr on July 24, 1979.
• January 22, 1980: Signed Pete Maravich as a free agent.
• June 9, 1980: Traded a 1980 1st round draft pick (Rickey Brown) and a 1980 1st round draft pick (Joe Barry Carroll) to the Golden State Warriors for Robert Parish and a 1980 1st round draft pick (Kevin McHale).
• June 10, 1980: Selected Kevin McHale (1st round, 3rd pick), Arnette Hallman (2nd round, 46th pick), Ron Perry (3rd round, 54th pick), Donald Newman (3rd round, 69th pick), Kevin Hamilton (4th round, 92nd pick), Rufus Harris (5th round, 115th pick), Kenny Evans (6th round, 138th pick), Les Hanson (7th round, 160th pick), Steve Wright (8th round, 179th pick), Brian Jung (9th round, 199th pick) and John Nolan (10th round, 214th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
• December 4, 1980: Signed Terry Duerod as a free agent.
• April 23, 1981: Signed Glenn Hagan as a free agent.
• June 9, 1981: Selected Charles Bradley (1st round, 23rd pick), Tracy Jackson (2nd round, 25th pick), Danny Ainge (2nd round, 31st pick), John Johnson (3rd round, 69th pick), Stanley Williams (4th round, 91st pick), Glen Grunwald (5th round, 115th pick), Steve Waite (6th round, 137th pick), Tom Seaman (7th round, 161st pick), George Morrow (8th round, 182nd pick), Greg McCray (9th round, 203rd pick) and Ken Matthews (10th round, 222nd pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
• December 9, 1981: Sold Tracy Jackson to the Chicago Bulls.
• June 29, 1982: Selected Darren Tillis (1st round, 23rd pick), Tony Guy (2nd round, 46th pick), Perry Moss (3rd round, 69th pick), Greg Stewart (4th round, 92nd pick), William Brown (5th round, 115th pick), John Schweitz (6th round, 138th pick), Phil Collins (7th round, 161st pick), Ed Spriggs (8th round, 184th pick), Panayoti Giannakis (9th round, 205th pick) and Landon Turner (10th round, 225th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
• September 9, 1982: Traded Dave Cowens to the Milwaukee Bucks for Quinn Buckner.
• January 14, 1983: Traded Darren Tillis and a 1983 1st round draft pick (Greg Kite) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Scott Wedman.
• June 8, 1983: Signed John Schweitz as a free agent.
• June 27, 1983: Traded Rick Robey, a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Paul Williams) to the Phoenix Suns for Dennis Johnson, a 1983 1st round draft pick (Greg Kite) and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Winfred King).
• June 28, 1983: Selected Greg Kite (1st round, 21st pick), Winfred King (3rd round, 52nd pick), Craig Robinson (3rd round, 68th pick), Carlos Clark (4th round, 91st pick), Bob Reitz (5th round, 114th pick), Paul Atkins (6th round, 137th pick), Roy Jackson (7th round, 160th pick), Trent Johnson (8th round, 183rd pick), John Rice (9th round, 205th pick), Andy Kupec (10th round, 226th pick) and Michael Young (1st round, 24th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.